Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Brandon has been out of school for a week now and the other boys will get out tomorrow. I am looking forward to having them all home. It seems like the last week or two of school are always full of final projects and deadlines. I am eagerly awaiting the lazy days of summer. (Really, I'm just looking for a reason to justify my desires to be lazy.)

I would like this summer to be a memorable summer. It makes me sad to think that Brandon has just a few summer vacations at home before he goes to college!!

So, this summer I plan to be Happy Mom, Kind Mom, Reading Mom, Eagle Scout Project Mom, Cub Scouting Mom, and Crafty Mom. (I may even be Cooking Mom and not just Cereal and Sandwich Mom.)
We are also looking forward to having a foreign exchange student from Japan this summer. He is a 13 year old boy who enjoys science, trains, and table tennis. He'll be here for a month and we are looking forward to having him here.
Well, here's to an exciting summer vacation!!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

We've had so much going on that it's been hard to sit and write. I have tried several times but so much has happened that it's hard to know where to start.

Since I last wrote we:bought a housebought a carattended Dan's brother's weddingvisited with familypackedprepared school projectspack some morecelebrated Christmastook lots of trips to DImade a food storage inventory listwatched as many people helped us move and unpack and setup a new homefelt humbled as we benefited from people's generosityattended a niece's baptism in Yumatried to potty train Emmahave hosted family and friendsall while trying to savor every moment with our sweet little Evan.

It's been good. I still don't feel "normal" and my brain really isn't working like it used to but I am finally seeing some light.

Oh, and my 5 year old taught me to play chess! It's taken me 37 years but I finally learned.

About Me

I'm a wife to my wonderful husband, mother to my sweet boys and little girl, and a sister to the best girls I know.
I love being a homemaker and my desire is to create a home of order, prayer, laughter, music, learning, and love.